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[HOTTENTOT VENUS (Saartjie Baartman, ca. 1789 – 1815)]. Group of 3 etchings and engravings. Three prints, including: “Love and Beauty — Sartjee the Hottentot Venus.” Pubd. October 1810 by Christopher Crupper Bumford. In contemporary manuscript: “Exhibitied in Paccadilly.” – “Astronomical Phoenomenon. An Exact Representation of the Planet Venus as first seen in this Country in the Year of the Jubilee.” London: J.G. Parry, 1810. – “Les Curieux En Extase (ou les Cordond de Jouliers).” N.p., n.d. (ca. 1810s). Two with contemporary hand-coloring. A few minor short tears; overall near fine copies of these SCARCE graphics.